HORIBA decides to centralize its Group’s water quality and liquid measurement businesses, aiming at accelerating product development with the close ties to the market.

2016

HORIBA BIWAKO E-HARBOR goes into full operation.

Aiming for creativity, high quality and speed in order to innovative manufacturing.

July, 2016

HORIBA concludes an agreement on the expansion of the Aso Factory with Nishihara-mura in Kumamoto.

This is HORIBA’s largest construction work since the opening of its factory in Kumamoto in 1988. The construction is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2017. This is the first capital investment made by a private company since the Kumamoto Earthquake.

August, 2016

Yuki Hayashi (Legal Department) competes in the Archery Competition in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games. She wins eighth prize in the team competition.

This is the second time she has competed in a Games, the first being the Beijing 2008 Games.

2016

HORIBA announces the release of a new imaging CL system which was born by combining and applying its unique electron beam and spectroscopic technologies.

The system detects crystalline defects by applying electron beam technology.

2016

HORIBA starts to provide maintenance service system “HORIBA MEDISIDE LINKAGE” to use IoT technology for reducing downtime of devices and contributing improvement of medical service qualities.